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academy
noun as in school, especially for higher education
Strongest matches
boarding school, institute, prep school, secondary school, seminary
Weak matches
brainery, finishing school, halls of ivy, military school, preparatory school
noun as in society or institution interested in learning
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Example Sentences
She said she set up the academy to provide low-cost, "detailed technical coaching" to give children "the opportunities that I never had".
But I can also see many academy members — the ones who put “The Zone of Interest” among the best picture nominees last year — placing it atop their ballots.
But the academy was critical of the "increasingly acrimonious and destructive debate" which it said had been fuelled by unsubstantiated comments on social media and was damaging teamwork across the health service.
As a local boy and academy graduate, Mainoo, 19, is the pin-up boy for how the club wants to be represented.
Quincy Jones had already written his speech to accept an honorary Oscar this year at the motion picture academy’s annual Governors Awards.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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